The Patriot and Times, January 28, 1869]

              The Patriot and Times
IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY
By James W. Albright & Bro.
TERMS—cask invariably iu advanee.
,. real $'-. - :* mouths tti86i thrso IMW.75 ets
■ v i . i -ii Kcudliitt/re suti«erib#rairU] re
y jrutil.
•s'fX.—Subscribed receiving tliSB"
■ before their nnmos are
ihs&rfption 11ns aspired. oi_
.», ! in I wo wutb .'ill lie ili-cominmHV
-^" i"JL.| ■_ ..■ '!>?■—■'
K:itcs" 01 AdvertiAUtfiV
■ :.-i«*ft fi'ii/abla in advonct ;
.■tnri.ts ;-uai-ttrly i* ailranct.
I. ,ch i I litional insertion,...
One p ■ ■'■•
THE PATRIOT AND TIMES.
VOL.\9£?tt'\ GREENSBORO, N. 0., THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1869. {NO. 51.
: Vs.,) U: insertion! I 1.00
50
. fi.00
. 10.00
.portion 5.00
IJO 2-r'-0f)
: *»•«•
luiun let ir.- HI. n 10.00
•.! 3.00
•. "J5.00
60.00
15.00
Each :il litional, S.00
monthf 00.00
One year 100.0}
; -■• SPECI ii. N-.'i!. i> G" per eeut higher UIKU
. il a : ..'■ -
n iri .:-■ I- r- -W weeks, iG; Magistrates'
[u ii weeks, il. i- adcauce.
irfy advertisements changed ijuurtorlT if
I.
■Obil -, I-VI-I fiveluies, charged aa
.. • ! ... I fur in advajjee.
Business Directory*
v:„,>i.>v ;tt Law.
i i, opposite) Court-Hanat.
/ i. t ■ ■ ■
i uppt site Court House, (aea
• - ■■■ ■
i| Hour, Tat* building.
• i
i ii,1"ntrk-k !.'.». in rear of l'or;
r & 1'.. kle'i Drag Store.
. .^.tiK'ourccs and UrNgslsts.
'•'"■■ Went Market Street, McConnel building.
\V.-; v next courthonae,(»•*adv.)
lioneer.
1, 1'.
■;il llCI -..
.... ii| poetic I ourt House.
;::iil»oi- and ln«.iiranee Agents.
1 in, Tate building. i*>'« adv.)
.'I ,:: •■
oi ; mite Express OHice, (see
■
• i and ShoeTWafcer*.
I a ■ '"/<'■
\K ■ -•. M irkel. opposite Ilausion Hotel.
■ ■ II n,
l>, .;, .... i doors North Steele's corner.
t war ^auuiacjnrer.
"- "m'b I .'„. Caldwell blook.
•i>tii«t «l!i(.tr<. and I mlei-.urKcn*.
■ Vrh Mt.
tli Kim. near Depot.
||;M. C-flint:
,....■ a id Davie rtraStas
Contrartor iu Brick-wortc
■ .
biiirartors in ** ooeJ-w«*fc.
t onfertioncrs.
r .•>■ - ■
| I.. ... (tor..
I,,, ..v-Mnkint; and fashion*.
' '.'■
l imi ■ Office.
IK'llll-t--.
J II IL
.
Dry Goods, UrecefS and rrodtict-
Dialer-.
I'brxieiuns.
A. ti. Porter,
West Market St., (near Times Offiee.)
*. If. (.'iron,
Wwt Market, MeConnal buildiuir.
Jot. K. li«U,
North Kim, oppoaite eoun-bouse.
J. £. Lugau,
Corner West-Vark.it and Greene,
Watcbuinkors aud Jewellers.
W. II. t'wrar,
South Elm, opposite Expi-eas OtUcc.
ltaM Scott.
East Uaiket, Albright's block.
Farmer's Department.
u J, up stairs, Gawattfa
n
0. - '
I ■ \ltu krt. A'l right*! M«\T 1-uil'IUig.
Market and Korth Elui,
ii uer, i si e uilr.)
;. II
■y.. ...i and Pnrie *U«etl.
-.
\; Albright's new building.
....... ia Porter & Eakd,
\\. -■ Mark< t, o inoaita Court House.
... near Depot, («^e adv.)
.-.
Iin.
.- . .. '
. .- . iheni Hotel.
J.D.M ' '"
' .,..,: street.
■ i .: Market and"Davie ItMatC
l i.n S mill i .mi and Sycamore.
■ Ma :. Soutli Side.
ronndrj and Harkbie'flrapa
j li i , .
II r-1.. nil ibe Uaihoad. ■
loneeisVnsd Cenfectiouielf.
' Icet, lux' l'o^-l Offiee. ."
<.iini::l fliniuration Oilifo, *~.or Hie
%V«-M tiifd *onlfr- Wet. i.
/ -
lieu . hern »n.-eiit, B ami O. K, 1!.,
I • opposite. Muiwi. in Hotel.
Itiilford Land Aseiu} ot .\oitli-
Cnroiina.
;■ i . i;. n'l Agent,
\\ -; MHlkal, i'p]H»iU- Ms ji.ioll -Hotel.
llui'ia'^v-maKers.
■ ■■
kri St.. near C juit House.
. Elm am'* Sjreamore.
Hotels.
- • a ■f.-. Blank, proprietor*,
v. Murk l, near.Court House.'
/.' -..IT. Ki-i-M, pniprietor,
M .u Court House.
I.i(|ii»i- Dealers.
' .■•. W nolesalvDealers,
Marks ( »i.. tiarreiv lluilUing.
I iterj stable* „
• nd Lady's <Jood«.
- u
•51 '.-■. Alb light's new building,
tHsie -,,;,? nn«dcal Instruments.
~ *Mi-E m vlv.)
nrs.
I •
- Market, or.poef.te Southern Hotel.
I liners.
I 'I • lira*.
■r West Mark(-t and Ashe streets.
) ,iU>,
- . Kim.
funtoirrnpkers.
I
M "'.•'. r.puesite Court House,
lairs.
'"'"h-StoHes.
■•■'■■■■II.
Bo'ith Kim.
' "", Ornumei ital PnintiiiR.
' Mark«t Albt'ightfl bloak.
THE PEANUT ITS CULTIVA-TION.
From tliu samples of the peanut of-fered
in our market, tr© are satisfied
that the crop could he made to pay iu
this section, heuce we copy the follow-ing
article from the Petersburk Index :
The cultivation of the peanut is be-coming
such au important industry in
lower Virginia, that wo shall be excus-ed
for adverting to it, Our informa-tion
is derived from one of the most
successful cultivators in Surry, a coun-ty
which may be regarded as thohead-quarters
of pea culture.
Compared with cotton and tobacco,
the chief money crops of this section,
that of peanuts is much more profita-ble.
The cultivation is as easy as that
of corn, as is shown by the fact that
some planters have fields of a hundred
acres or more. But there are certain
conditions necessary to success, and
these mtiBlbc rightly observed, wheth-er
on a large or small scale. These
conditions are a iroe, light soil,
and the presence of an abundant sup-ply
ot calcareous matter—either marl
or lime. Both of them abound in low-er
Virginia, and henco the eminent
success which has attended tho culti-vation.
Where neither lime nor marl
is accessible, ashes serve as a good
substitute. Theoretically, we should
conclude that bone dust, or tho super
phosphates, would answer a useful
purpose. At any rate, the latter
might be Used io advantage as a fer-tilizer,
equally with guano, Wo now
append specific directions for every
part of the management:
The land shonkl be of medium qual-ity,
not too stiff, nor very light. Peas
raised on the former are of a dark col-or
; on the latter bright.
II the land has not been previously
limed or marled, apply fifty bushels
of lime or a hundred and fifty bushels
of marl to the acre.
It is best to follow corn with pea-nuts,
but they do not come well after
potatoes. A great object is to have
clean land. It is generalLy considered
an exhaustive crop, but is not more so
than others, provided the. vines, which
make excellent provender, are allowed
,to remain on tho land. Successive
crops may be grown on the same
ground if manure is used.
Commence plowing shallow with a
single plow in March or April, accord-ing
to tho weather.
About the 10th to L'Oth May, throw
up ridges three feet apart, which are
to bo reduced in height to about throe
inches above the general level of the
field. Then plant at distances of
eighteen inches in the row, dropping
two seeds in a place, and covering to
the depth of an inch to an inch and a
half.
In about a week or ten days they
will begin to come up. As it is a great
object to get a good stand, tho missing
hills should bo replanted at tho earli-est
moment.
As soon as the grass makes its ap-pearance,
give a light plowing, throw-ing
the earth from the vines, and fol-lowing
with the hoc thoroughly re-moving
all the grass from tho row. .
Plow again as soon as tho grass re-appears,
using a double shovel or cul-tivator,
and the boo as before directed.
Next comes the tune for laying by,
tho vines having grown half way
across the space between tho rows.—
This is done by running a mouldboard
once in the middle between tho rows,
and drawing the earth up to the rows
with the hoe, caie being taken not to
cover the vines, nor to make the ridge
too high. Where there is grass iu the
row it must be pulled up by hand.
The time for harvesting the crop is
from tho loth to the 30th of October.
When the weather is settled and favor-bletako
three pronged forks, bent
like a hoe. and loosen the vines along
the rows. Hands follow the digger,
pull up the vines, shake the earth from
them and leave them in the same
place. In dry weather they will be
sufficiently cured in two days to be
shocked.
In shocking, provide stakes seven
feet long, sharpened at both ends;
then lay two fence rails on the ground
as a foundation, but with supports un-derneath
to afford ventilation. The
stakes are stuck iu the ground at pro-per
intervals between the rails, and
the stacks built up around them and
finished off by a cap of straw. The
diameter of the stack is measured by
the length of the vine.
After remaining about two weeks in
the stack, the picking should be begun
taking off none but the matured pods.
These are to bo carried to the barn
and prepared for market by fanning
and cleaning. Some planters even go
to the trouble of washing, iu order to
have a brighter and more attractive
article.
The whole cost of cultivation and
preparation is about $40 per acre.—
The average yield is fifty bushels to the
acre, though some land will yield over
a hundred bushels.
Though the product has been largely
ou the increase for several years, yet
the demand increases in an equal pro-portion,
so that the peanut—especially
the large Virginia variety—is fast be
coming the most popular nut ill the
country. Its use is rapidly extending
throughout the North and North and
West.
PEN ITENTIARY. j any exrent The ore in said to be of the
Report of the Conmiteee appoint?d ly ,,est quality; of its extent no one
the Senate of Korth Carolina to inquire I !"M*W«—the land adjoiningaud contain
jillil thefade attending to the purchase j ">8 IWl of the bank was recently
ofthe tile for the Penitentiary. : bought for $900. Whether this pro
To the Senate of Xorth Carolina: j perty has great value or not depends
The committee appointed under a "" f',,,!'- W* '* Col. Heck paid JJ,WKi.
Senate resolution, bearing date Ileeem-' The Committee who purchased it for
ber , 1868, to impure into the facts ' the Statepaid $4.500ouly. Col. Harris
attending the purchase of a site iW a | examined the mine and was pleased
Penitentiary, would submit the follow-ing
report:
with the apeciineofl of ore and so re-ported
to this Committee. On none
For the purpose of obtaining satis- [ of this 8000 acres could the Committee
factory results, the committee deemed j h-a.n oi any granite, and there is no
it expedient to make personal iusuec
[Spicial correspondence of the Patriot.]
Mt. Airy as a business and manufactur-ing
toicn—if* present andfuture.
I have just returned from a visit to
Mt. Airy and should you wish, will
give you a short account of what is
going on in that picturesque region.-'
I found the town improving very fast,
the people nourishing—farmers, me-chanics,
merchants all doing well.—
Several fine store houses have lately
been erected, large and elegant build-ings,
one with granite front, the stone,
the prettiest of the kind 1 ever saw, is
quarried within a mile of town.—
Doubtless your town will some day be
adorned with houses made of this very
rock, when the Bailroad is finished to
Mt. Airy. There are also in the imme-diate
vicinity two new Cotton and
Woollen mills going up. The trade
that is carried on there would surprise
any one not acquainted with the back
country. One hundred thousand dol-lars
worth of dried apples, I learned,
was sold there last year. One firm I
happen to know sold for cash and bar-ter
$<»0,000 worth of goods last year.—
Week before last 100 mules were sold
in the town, and 57 thousand dollars
worth was sold since October last. A
farnitnre maker, Mr. Aired, has made
by hard labor money enough to buy
him a sixteen hundred dollar farm and
has $800 worth of furniture ou hand.—
Ho makes nice furniture and will
perhaps become rich one day. Honor
to the industrious and honest mechan-ic.
He creates a homo market for the
farmer's products, and when the farmer
nourishes in his business all classes do
well.
Let the manufacturers of every thing
wo need conic from the North and
show us how to work. Let them be
encouraged. Let the laborious and
thrifty farmers come down too and buy
our .surplus lands and set an example
of honest and thrifty labor. Let the
large landholders sell oft' some of their
idle lands and not wait for somebody
else to build railroads through them
and improve their fortunes gratis.—
This is the curse of the South. Too
few mechanics and too much land.
There is a great deal of good land
around Mt. Airy some of it being gran
ite formation and sandy is said to be
well suited for the cultivation of tho
grape. The region North of the town
toward the Blue Ridge is well known
to be unsurpassed for the growth of
the apple. Every body has heard of
the beautiful mountain views. The
Siamese Twins having perigiuated
nearly the whole of the civilized world
chose this as the most pleasant place
to live in they could find. When the
Norfolk and Great Western Railroad
meets the road from your town at or
near this place we may expect to see
this the most nourishing and interest-ing
portion of the Slate. Seekers of
health and seekers of manufacturing
sites will throng this favored region
and many a busy hive of industry will
spring up on the banks of our never
failing streams and, in all seriousness,
we expect to see Mt. Airy one of the
most important inland towns in the
State. Respectfully, S.
tiouofthe site and lauds purchased
for the Penitentiary. This detennina-tion
involved what, in the end, proved
to be somewhat of au exploring ex-pedition
that required time and con
siderable effort to find and reach this
partially unknown region.
'.'The site" in the vicinity of Leek-11? regard totl
ville was first visited. This contains
25 acres on Deep River above Lock
ville, between the Lockville and the
Rives' dam. It is a square plate of
ground, flouting on the river at an
average distance of 100 feet from the
water. The ground rises rapidly from
the river until it reaches an elevation
of nearly 100 feet above the water level
oftho dam, and is intersected by several
deep ravines, as will be evident as
described on a map presented with
this report. On the southwest corner
of this plat, near the river, over two
ravines, it is contemplated to erect tho
penitentiary. The water power at this
point ou the rirer. And conveyed to
the State, is very line, and equal to de-mand
for machinery. The water will
have to bo conveyed from Rives' dam
about 1.000 yards, through an aqueduct
or flume, as the nature of the interven-ing
ground will not admit of a canal.
except between the site and the river,
where the ground will have to be ex-cavated
to the depth of feet. To
make this aqueduct of solid masonry
for this distance will be enormously
expensive; to build it of wood will give
it a temporary character and always
requiring repairs. The probable cost
evidence that tin-State is owner of a
quarry on it. There is however a
quarry near the Northington dam,
about two miles further down the
river.
of a wooden flume would be *
Ou the river above this site, are
excellent building material—sandstone
at a distance of 10 miles; at a distance
of 10 miles abundant coal can be had
on the bank of the river. Below this
site, at a distance of 12 miles, iron ore
is found, and still lower at a distance
of II miles fine grain granite exist. In
order to convey this material to the
site of the proposed penitentiary, the
dams and locks on the river will have
to be repaired by the State or await
their repair by the Deep River Manu-facturing
Company.
To level the ground for the founda-tion
of the penitentiary would cost
probably $3,000. And. the committee
believe, that owning to the very un-even
nature of the ground, that the
expense of erecting the surrounding
wall would be very great.
After examining tint site, visiting
tho coal and sand-stone region, they
visited the 8,000 acres of land pur-chased
by the Penitentiary commit loo
for the use of that institution. Tho
nearest point on this land is perhaps
ten miles down the river from "the
site." For this land the State paid
$12.50 per acre. The committee passed
over this land several times, and saw-as
much of it as their time and the
weather permitted.
Of the 8,000 acres, 6,050 acres are
what may be styled ph:c barren. Al-though
the committee passed over
what may be this land several miles,
yet it is now a matter of doubt with
'them. This land has no marketable
value, aside from the timber. The
growth upon it is almost entirely pine.
At the nearest point this tract lies
about three miles from the river, and
at the farthest perhaps ten miles. The
timber on this land is almost all worn
out turpentine limber. The ton tim-ber
has all been cut off from it proba-bly.
It is so remote from market that
it will not pay to convert it into lum-ber.
It would probably not sell for
ten cents per acre, and so worthless
was it in the judgment of its former
owner that he was about to; parcel it
out in small tracts and convey it as a
■ret rid ot
It is now proposed somewhat further
to dtmaider the degree of knowledge
the commute possessed themselves ol
'gard tothe purchase they made.
No d.mbt ihe committee are of the
opinion that they presented only well
established facts as it respects the
lands now conveyed to the State, anil
so far as their own personal observa-tions
extends there is no disposition to
gainsay their statements howevermuch
this committee may differ from their
judgments as to value and adapted-ness.
The intended site was carefully
examined by all the committee, and so
tar as it respects the extent and value
ofthe waterpower, there is no difference
of opinion.
Ofthe 8000 acres, the information
that is imparted is very incorrect, and
is only the result of hearsay, as only
Col. Harris of the committee ever has
been near, and I.e. its before stated,
only on a very small part of it and even
then must have boon misled by the in-formation
he received. The report on
page 6 leaves the impression that the
8000 acres, or one compact tract and
such was the view of Col. Harris in its
purchase. It is said to be " on Deep
River and contiguous to Buck Horn
Tails." The fact Is that the land at
one point lor about 150 yards only lies
on the River—Cape Fear River—and
not Deep River, for it is in miles below
the junction of Deep and Haw Rivers,
and it is two miles below Buck Horn
1'alls. ami the land is iu t\ro parcels
and several miles intervening.
It is also said of this laud that it is
fertile and well adapted to the usual
crops. -The land itself apart from its
minerals and water powers, will in a
short time doubtless sell for agricultur-al
purposes alone for double the price
agreed to be paid by your committee,"
—pp. 6 and 8. This,' so far as the (>.-
650 acre parcel is concerned, is an
entire mistake. It is valueless for
farming purposes as will be testified
by members ofthe Senate residing neat-it
and never will, probably. SJII for
There is but a small
part <
Deep River Manufacturing Company
and from the latter to Proyn, and from
i'rutn to tho State, are all of nearly
the same date, and that part, ]>erhaps
the bettor part of tbe iron ore bank,
was bougbl after their purchase, with
ptnrly 1 no acres of land, for $800 by the
Deep l'iver Manufacturing Conqiany.
The deed from the Deep River Manu-facturing
Company for the site does
not secure such right to the State as
the commit tee deemed it wonld. It
does not grant an "unrestricted aud
unembarrassed water i>ower," but one
greatly restricted. It dooi not cove-nant
thai "a branch l'ailroad shall
terminate at the door ofthe Peniten-tiary,?
and there does nou exist any
contract to this effect that can lie en-forced.
Much is said of" river naviga-tion"
and '• locks and dams.' These
are all the property of the Deep River
Manufacturing Company so far as the
State may need them for the Peniten-tiary.
The deed does agree that if the
State will repair the Rives' lock and
dam that no toll will be charged at that
dam, and it so happens that this is tho
only luck that will never be used by
the State either going Up or down. It
will cost the State $0,000 to prepare
the river to get up to the coal and
sandstone for building—to get down
to the iron ore and that line farming
land and that so well timbered with
pine, hickory, etc. The committee has
no data by which to estimate the cost
as the Buck Horn dam aud locks are
greatly damaged.
Mr. Downing testifies: I insisted ou
unlimited water power and a railroad
running to or into the penitentiary.—
The company gave us power to raise
the Rives' dam as high as we pleased.
If the State repairs all the dams and
locks she is never to pay tolls. There
is yet one item ofthe report to which
we would refer. That is the estimated
value nl the site as deducted from the
$10*1,000. The deed for the site sells
at a nominal price of $1. The Deep
River Manufacturing Company,did
not sell and so invest. It was accepted
as a donation before even the com-mi.
tee on the Penitentiary heard of
the 8,000 acres. Neither is it correct
to say that only $05,000 was paid—
that may be all the bonds now sell for,
but the people of the State knew that
thev v. ere to be gi\ en *at par value—
that they must pay intoresjkou *loo,
000. and when they become due pay
all of one hundred thousand dollars.
We must not neglect to call the at-tention
of the Senate to the peculiar
nature of the title to the 0,050 aces of
laud iu Elarnetl county. It is simply
s one or any part of 10,000 or 15,000
acres oi land that may lie Axed by tut-bitialors.
It is not between Summer-vil.
ennd Ncill .McCoyV. It is not
bounded by the lands of Ncill McCoy,
list}. It does not include part of a
5.ii!i(i acre survey aud a .(,000 acjtt siir-atonte
1 by the late JnoA ray
mount, but part of a 5,800 acre Arvey
pal. ntcd by Allis and fO.OOO
aeie survey patented by the late' Juo.
Cray liloiiut. How this, if at all, ef-fects
the title is not lor the Committee
to .-;.,..
It may be proper to state that onli-ne:!!
counsel hold the titles back of
ihe-c held by the State to be good.—
ii is not part ofthe duty to construe
In; statute appointing the committee
.:.! granting it power to select a site
ur s> penitentiary, etc. aud they have
ic debt by this speculation in farming j n . purpose to undertake the work.—
Neither would we attempt to value
the uoii ore of the Douglas farm, but
$2.J per acre.
io remaining 1560 acres that
s any value in this respect and the
State will never pay much ol her pub-
•i.
lauds.
Also, it is said on this place—the -V
000acres '•isauabundauceofgranite," the committee hold it to be ot no use
"and a large quarry of granite im- to the State and never can be worked
mediately on the banks ofthe River. I with profit by the State. If it was the
which can be easily quarried, placed State's purpose to make iron, the poii-boats
and carried by water within | itentiary should have been located at
No
on
the wails of the Penitentiary.
one with whom wo conversed (and we
inquired of tho former owners) know
anything of granite on this land, on the
river, remote from it. As said before
there is excellent granite two miles I
below on the River—not on the Stale j
laud—and the impression made on Co:. I
Harris'mind was that it was on the
tract he was negotiating for, he sup j
:,osino it to extend some distance dowi ■
The navy of Mexico consists of two
fishing smacks and a raft—the former
mounted with twelve mariues, aud the
latter with a hen-coop.
gift to freedmeu so as to get no o
paving the very small tax there was o
it, when it was sold to J. SI. Heck,
Esq., by being attached to other tracts
for 60 cents per acre. No one ofthe
Committee who made the"purchase for
the State were ever on this tract of <"•.-
050 acres of land for which they paid
$83,125.
Another thousand of this 8000 acres
is separated several miles from the
tract just mentioned and is known as
the McCoy mill tract, including a small
trad called tho -Sjiivy" tract. A
Small part of this tract that the Com-mittee
saw has x»hn value as farming
land. On it is a mill seat on a small
stream that could afford water t«\d»ive
a grist mill part ofthe year, it is sap-posed
that then! is mineral on this
tract, bin of its value. &e., the Com
mince have no meaus of testifying, i;
also boasts of a mineral spring, where
the convicts it is supposed mighl
pleasantly enjoy the heated term pro-vided
the State should put up com-fortable
buildings, but it is not asserted
r.uek-lioia falls, convenient in some
degree to the ore and to the valuable
pine forest owned by her at the cost of
$12.50 per acre.
Tl»e committee are profoundly im-pressed
with I he value of the water
power at the site near Lockville, and
He satisfied fbnt if it be the purpose
..1 the State to use machinery and en-gage
iu manufacturing with the con-victs
no better place coti l»e found
i ; vcr. The granite ho brought Io | than Deep River. It is true they
Raleigh as a specimen canto from the j would not select the existing site, for
Northin"ton quarry. Mr. Downing I they deem several other places moro
also testifies that this specimen ol I advautageoiwly situated than this, and
granite was said to come from a quarry ; where the erection of a Penitentiary
on the land purchased. woujduot necessarily be BO costly.
There also appears to bo a want oil I. is proposed by the thirties making
certainty, to say the least, as ie regards j i!..- deeds that they will now conform
what was to be* secured for the State i be by them in the contract they made
with parties for these land
tin m to what is held to Ite the
con-tract
on which they were based. Tho
water I committee Would yet call the attention
its&C. There is no purpose what { of the Senate to the very needlessly
ever to represent the committee as act-1 expensive character of the stockade
ing wrongfully in this, but simply to j (hat is being erected oil the site.—
state a fact there is not secured to the j There can be no earthly use for tho
State what was intended. I timber when not used for its present
There is really an uncertainty in the iitruose—it ia needlessly heavy and
minds of the committee, so far as » x
amined, as to whom it was they neRo-t
iated with,or in what relation he stood
to the land. The report does not. state
Of whom the hind, etc., was purchase.;.
It would be supposed that it was one
parly that negotiated for the wlwle
sale.' However the assignors are two
parties and one of them is not named
as a party presenting claims. The site
is conveyed by the Deep River Mann
ractnring Company—the 8,000acres ol
land by
testifies
the expense to the State will be $18 or
120.0(H), when a stockade costing $Cor
$8,(NMl, or perhaps less, would iu the
judgment of all practical men have
oeen amply sufficient.
We forget to say that the deed lor
the site hoars date Dec. 2, 1868 and
has no explicit warranty, anil tho
liabilities and obligations all rest on
the State. The died for the 8,000
acres oi land bears date Dec. .{. 1868.
The Coiniiiitlco. on the Penitentiary
1). .1. Prayu. Col. Harris j gave the order on the Treasurer for tho
that he did not know that j bonds November loth, and they were
Prnyn was to convey, but supposed j
that others were concerned in it. Mr. j
Lassiter testifies aud thinks Pruyne
l made the ..floras an agent." Mr. Down ,
i.e. testifies: -it is hard to say of
whom we rmrchased. The committee |
bought of Jit. Pruyu citterns agent or
' Mr. Pruyu himself testifies that he
was not the owner in fee when lie
.tiated. but had, by a rerfril con
condition
; aid November 30th, 1868,Of which
the Deep River Manufacturing Com-pany
received $56,000 and D. J. Pruyn
j I 1.1 Mill.
We will now permit the Senate to
draw their own conclusions. There
has been all effort on the part of tho
i iomiuittee to get tho exact truth and
so state it. That the State is deeply
wronged we are satisfied. That the
Committee on the Penitentiary were
imposed IIJSIII by parties who cared
less than $1.50 per aero 1
and this only to an extent of about 150 land at about the same time, and uait th-yards.
On this is the mine of iron ore . '"'"'^-■gom;McCoy and Douglas to purpose
so much talked of. It is not opened to I the t
cooperation ofthe House to this
and in the beneficent aud